Snow-plow



(No Model.)

w. SAVAGE. Snow Plow.

Patented Nov. 23, I880.

IN VENTOR %Jm BY Mn 4 ATTORNEYS.

N.PETERS, FHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D C.

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WVALTER SAVAGE, OF GROOKSTON, MINNESOTA.

SNOW-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 234,814, dated November 23, 1880. Application filed September 29, 1880. (No model.)

.To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER SAVAGE, of Orookston, in the county of Polk and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Snow-Plow, of which the following is a specification.

The objectof this invention is to provide an improved snow-plow for removing snow from railroad-tracks.

Figure l is a plan of the plow. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on line m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation on line y y, Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation on line 2 2:, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a partial plan of the reverse of the plow.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the plow; B, the flat share or top thereof, having a broad beveled point, a, and extending rearward the full length of the body A, with an upward slope of fifteen degrees, or thereabout, and overhanging the body A, on both sides thereof.

0 O are the wheels, preferably eight in number, set beneath the body A of the plow to be better protected from the snow.

D is a dividing-block or mold-board, somewhat of a diamond shape, fixed rigidly and centrally on the higher part of the top B, with.

its sharper end forward. Below the block or mold-board D triangular wings E E are hinged to the sides of the share or top B, so that when not in use they hang perpendicularly, and when in use will be elevated by pressure of the snow beneath them on a level with the face of the top B, and serve to guide or throw the snow clear of the track. Behind the rear and broader ends of these wings E E the body, top or share, and block or mold-board A B D, respectively, are made wed geshaped, as shown at I), that the plow may offer a minimum of resistance in the snow to the backing up of the locomotive to which it may be attached.

This plow is designed to be made of wood clad with iron to increase its weight, strength, and durability.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An improved snow-plow constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of body A, flat, sloping, overhanging top or share B, wheels 0 O, dividing-block or mold-board D, and hinged triangular wings E E, said plow having its rear wedge-shaped, as set forth.

2. In a snow-plow, the combination, with the top or share B, of the hinged triangular wings E E, substantially as herein shown, and for the purpose described.

WALTER SAVAGE. Witnesses:

W. R. DUNN,

J AS. H. CREIGHTON. 

